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Community Service Grants

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Brevard County Association for Women Lawyers
Space Coast Community Law Academy
A free weekly service on legal seminars to educate the community on current important legal subjects such as foreclosure, bankruptcy, Social Security disability, employment law, landlord and tenant and consumer law/small claims.

$3,250
Caribbean Bar Association
US Citizenship and Temporary Protective Status Drive
The Caribbean Bar Association in partnership with other local organizations will provide free assistance to eligible individuals to complete the US citizenship application and temporary protective status.
 $2,500

Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Community Outreach Fair
Host an event to foster relationships between non-profit organizations and professionals in the Central Florida community.

$2,000

Central Florida Gay and Lesbian Law Association
The Red Door Project
To raise awareness of domestic violence within the LGBT community and how domestic violence affects their lives; provide information about legal aid and therapeutic remedies and train local law enforcement officers on how to address the difficult and complex issues of same-sex domestic violence.

$4,500

Collier County Bar Association
Family Law Assistance Program
To provide assistance to pro se litigants in family law cases. Local law students, paralegals and attorneys will offer assistance on the completion of pre-approved family law pleading forms.

$4,000
Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Legal Defense for Women Denied Fair Parole Hearing
Legal assistance to women prisoners denied fair hearing by the State of Florida Parole Board.

$4,000
F. Malcolm Cunningham Sr. Bar Association
Know Your Rights Education and Outreach Campaign
Two community forums dealing with hot button issues affecting the African American and Caribbean community as well as the development of a "Know Your Rights" guide on issues featured in the forum. A special workshop will be held for tenants of Villa Franciscan apartments -- a subsidized housing development for senior with topics including identify theft, landlord tenant, and consumer law issues.		 $3,000
Florida Muslim Bar Association
Muslim Community Outreach
Outreach to the non-attorney Muslim community to educate them about their legal rights and educate them about the legal process in the State of Florida. 		$4,500
Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association, Inc.
Alien Land Law
Community outreach and education on Florida's Alien Land Law.
 $4,250

Haitian Lawyers Association, Inc.
Community Legal Education
Bi-monthly radio program in Creole broadcast in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to enhance public awareness about the consequences of the unlicensed practice of law and how to avoid being victimized by such practices which are provided mainly in immigration, family and foreclosure/loan modifications.

$2,000

Martin County Bar Association
Legal Seminars-Foreclosure
A seminar for the public in Martin County to help residents understand the foreclosure defense process.

$3,500

Orange County Bar Association
Foster Youth Legal Mentoring Initiative
Program developed by members of the judiciary targeted at crime prevention and mentoring foster youth. The program includes a mock trial program at the Orange County Courthouse and a tour of the Orange County Jail.

$3,750

Tallahassee Women Lawyers
Tallahassee Womens Lawyers 30th Anniversary Year Rookie Camp
A day-long event for law students and first-year attorneys to encourage young lawyers and law students to begin community service and pro bono work early in their career as a benefit to their career and to inform participants about professionalism and the importance of relationships in the practice of law.

$2,500

The Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida
Osceola County Enrichment Program Enhancement Project
Multi-part curriculum that delivers lessons in civics, government and the justice system through interactive activities and field trips. Also, to increase access to the Enrichment program by providing need-based scholarships for students who would qualify for state subsidy but are denied due to insufficient state funds.

$4,500

Volusia County Bar Association
Educating and Empowering Guardian Advocates
Prepare a 90-page handbook with applicable forms to be posted on the Clerk of the Court's Website and distributed to individuals seeking to be appointed as a guardian under the expedited guardianship proceedings set for in Florida Statute 393.12. Education seminars and interested non-profits, courthouses, and public schools in the Seventh Judicial Circuit will also be offered.

 $1,750
TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED $50,000